Spinlock presented with Queen's Award

Spinlock
presented with Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation by Lord-Lieutenant

Spinlock,
designers and manufacturers of rope holding equipment and personal safety
products for leisure and commercial water users, have been presented with the
Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation at their production facility on the
Isle of Wight.

The
Cowes-based business, founded in 1968, were announced as winners of the coveted
award in April 2017 and the Isle of Wight's Lord-Lieutenant Major General
Martin White CB CBE JP presented the award at a special ceremony on Tuesday
September 12th.

Spinlock were
selected as winners for the development of their Deckvest lifejacket, a
revolutionary product that has changed the landscape of the market for personal
safety products used by those on the water.

Spinlock CEO
Chris Hill said: "We are delighted to have been given this prestigious
award in recognition of the Deckvest. The impact of the product is far
reaching, as the sustained demand for it has enabled us to expand our workforce
and we are now exporting to 25 countries."

The
Lord-Lieutenant was welcomed to the production facility by Spinlock's CEO Chris
Hill, along with High Sheriff Ben Rouse, Local Councillors Lora Peacey-Wilcox
and Paul Fuller, who is also Cowes Town Mayor.

The Isle of
Wight's MP Bob Seely sent his congratulations to Spinlock and said: "I am
delighted that an Isle of Wight company has received this prestigious award for
business excellence. This is just the sort of company the Island needs to
encourage and nurture. I congratulate the Spinlock team for leading the way in
innovative product development and I look forward to visiting them soon."

Spinlock
staff enjoyed the presentation followed by celebrations held at their
production facility in Cowes and a party was held afterwards to thank the whole
team for their contribution.

Caroline
Senior, Spinlock's Director of Operations, commented: "It is great to be
able to share the occasion with the whole team in celebration of our Queen's
Award for Enterprise: Innovation. Our thanks go to the whole team for their
continued hard work."

This is the
second Queen's Award Spinlock have won, having been presented with the Queen's
Award for Enterprise: International Trade in 2016 by the Duke of Edinburgh.

Chris Hill
added: "2017 has been another successful year for Spinlock and it is
testament to our dedicated workforce that we can design, market and deliver
products to meet the ever-growing demand across the globe."